Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 481,547 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern Africa is 481,547 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 545,950 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 55,400 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 59,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 66,261 ha | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 77,481 ha | +16.9% |
| 1965 | 77,572 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 83,426 ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 96,282 ha | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 110,884 ha | +15.2% |
| 1969 | 123,476 ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 129,934 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 140,960 ha | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 162,239 ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 147,799 ha | -8.9% |
| 1974 | 166,836 ha | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 181,073 ha | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 191,907 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 180,798 ha | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 199,903 ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 206,348 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 205,087 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 214,385 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 226,416 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 248,617 ha | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 253,678 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 270,237 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 283,826 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 291,791 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 277,339 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 279,467 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 274,696 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 288,476 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 267,749 ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 281,146 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 288,999 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 293,207 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 287,984 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 298,046 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 305,382 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 339,708 ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 326,497 ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 325,531 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 337,292 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 335,163 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 333,211 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 357,832 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 349,217 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 378,605 ha | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 383,394 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 377,032 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 389,776 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 409,674 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 416,137 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 454,715 ha | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 483,505 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 511,537 ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 516,691 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 508,922 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 481,577 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 533,684 ha | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 499,089 ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 545,950 ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 504,667 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 513,003 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 481,547 ha | -6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,309 ha | 55,400 ha | 123,476 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 170,780 ha | 129,934 ha | 206,348 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 255,084 ha | 205,087 ha | 291,791 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 292,539 ha | 267,749 ha | 339,708 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 350,377 ha | 325,531 ha | 383,394 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 470,622 ha | 389,776 ha | 533,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 508,851 ha | 481,547 ha | 545,950 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern Africa was 481,547 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 545,950 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.